If the results of our poll yesterday are any indication, ordinary people feel pretty strongly that administrative law Judge Roy Pearson is a few sandwiches short of a picnic, and really ought not to be a judge anymore. Finally, the Examiner brings word that Pearson’s employer agrees with that sentiment. In a letter to the three-person commission that will decide whether Pearson gets reappointed, District of Columbia Chief Administrative Judge Tyrone T. Butler said Pearson…

Over the course of a year, Washington D.C. plays host to any number of events. Key industry conferences, cultural offerings from the four corners of the globe, and marching axe-grinders willing to protest just about anything. But this year, only one group will make this promise: “Nearly every quadrant of the city will feel the impact of Digestive Disease Week.” MmmmmMMMMMmmM, yyEEAH! Are you prepared to FEEL IT, Washington? Because a quartet of medical societies…

After several weeks of renovations, Savino Recine is set to open his new dining lounge at One Dupont Circle. Recine, whose eponymous Savino’s Café and Lounge previously inhabited the location, closed his three-year-old fine dining restaurant and lounge after realizing the marriage was less than optimal. Recine has switched concepts and rechristened the space Cloud. The decor will reflect the new theme, with “a pearly, iridescent white floor, white faux leather seating, and gauzy white…

What’s on your radar? Here’s what we’ve got: FRIDAY: Mike Watt, formerly of the Minutemen, hits the Black Cat this evening at 9:30 p.m. $10. De La Soul with Butta Verses and ESL’s Thunderball and Federico Aubele at the 9:30 Club. Doors open at 10 p.m. $20. In a Halloween state of mind? Why not try a Capital Hauntings Walk? The creepy tour leads you through the Lafayette Square area, where, it’s claimed, “restless ghosts…

A national bus tour to collect the history of the American civil rights movement starts today in Washington D.C. The tour is part of a project called “Voices of Civil Rights,” an oral history project sponsored by the American Association of Retired People, The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the Library of Congress. Today, the project launched a bus tour which will leave Washington D.C. and follow the route of the Freedom Rides. The…